by Suman Gupta
It is fascinating to witness the evolving landscape of Indian sports and the rapid rise of online fantasy gaming in the country/ fan engagement. Cricket matches are one of the two occasions annually where every Indian feels the patriotic surge and cheers for the nation, our cricket team and those individuals playing representing our nation. The matches are gripping and over some time gradually fans shift to affiliate with the individuals, playing for the nation more than the game itself. Playerzpot is an online sports fantasy portal. It is a platform with over 1 million users in India. Playerzpot offers its users Fantasy gaming for Cricket, Football & Kabaddi matches. Within 4 years of inception, Playerzpot today ranks among the TOP 10 Fantasy Platforms in India with a 1% market share. What’s fascinating about the company is that it’s a profitable business amidst the fierce competition.
It is a multi-sport aggregator platform that offers Free to Play, Pay to Play, content, commerce and community engagement for various sports. With their customer-centric approach, they ensure the highest possible gain for their customers in the easiest, reliable and secure way. Their unique referral system allows users to earn while sitting from the comfort of their homes.
The Founder and Director of the company Yogesh Doiphode is an IT graduate from VJTI and a vivid sports lover with a vision of changing the gaming landscape in India. Mitesh Gangar is the Co-Founder and Director, who is a veteran in programming, as a full stack developer and Android developer. Under their capable leadership, they expect to see Playerzpot changing the way an Indian sports fan can consume sports online.
They hold experience of converting a start-up into a profitable business by using the best possible marketing strategies. They have been using strong methods to turn this venture into a big part of the lucrative business in the current market. They have established Standard Operating Procedures, Playerzpot’s Fantasy sports aspires to be one of the best games to play.
India has over 300 million online sports fans, of which over 60 million use fantasy sports as their primary tool for engagement with their favorite sport. In all likelihood, the next wave of growth in sports consumption will mainly be driven by fantasy sports and sports content platforms. Playerzpot is a futuristic project with great potential. The portal provides curated sports experience across the available sports format enabling fan engagement with peers and people sitting across the country.
About: Playerzpot Media Private Limited runs an online sports fantasy portal under the name of “Playerzpot.”. They launched its Web Portal in September 2017 with Android App and IOS App in April and May 2018. With over 8 Lakhs+ users in India – Playerzpot offers its users Fantasy gaming for Cricket, Football & Kabaddi matches. Within 4 years of inception, Playerzpot today ranks among the TOP 10 Fantasy Platforms in India with a 1% market share. Yogesh Dohiphode is the founder and Director of the company who is an IT graduate from VJTI and a vivid sports lover with a vision of changing the gaming landscape in India. Mitesh Ganger is the Co-Founder and Director, who is a veteran in programming, as a full stack developer and Android developer.
With their customer-centric approach, they ensure the highest possible gain for their customers in the easiest, reliable and secure way. They hold experience of converting a startup into a profitable business by using the best possible marketing strategies. They have been using strong methods to turn this venture into a big part of the lucrative business in the current market. They have established Standard Operating Procedures, Playerzpot’s Fantasy sports aspires to be one of the best games to play. Their unique referral system allows users to earn while sitting from the comfort of their homes. The company aims to build a fan engagement platform & not just a fantasy app. They wish to change the outlook of people towards fantasy gaming.
About Yogesh Doiphode – CEO and Founder: He is a young and motivated entrepreneur working hard for his success. Only at the age of 29 years old, he has built his own venture Playerzpot, which is among the top 5 online sports fantasy portal, with 1 million users in India. It offers Fantasy gaming for Cricket, Football, Basketball and Kabaddi. Yogesh started working on the concept of Playerzpot in the year 2013 during his engineering days and built the company grounds-up. He is very passionate about entrepreneurship and enjoys sharing what is he has learned with others.
Yogesh has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology from VJTI, Mumbai in the year 2015. He always had a dream to start his own company. As a CEO and Founder of Playerzpot, he is responsible for the Product, Revenue management and Strategy. He drives the company vision and is equally responsible for current user Acquisition, user engagement and current strategies. Being a vivid sports lover he has the vision to change the online gaming landscape in India.
Mitesh Gangar – CTO and Co-Founder: Mitesh is one of the members of Generation Y who wants to make his own income in an innovative way. He is the CTO and co-Founder of Playerzpot. He is optimistic that Playerzpot is a futuristic project with great potential. He has 8 years of experience in Android application and Software development. He has his hands on in designing, implementing, integrating, testing, and supporting applications developed in a diverse, collaborative environment across devices and platforms.
He has completed his BE in Computer Science from Mumbai University. Before co-founding Playerzpot, he has worked in the Techathalon Software solution as a software engineer. In Playerzpot he is responsible for handling Product, Technology and Finance. With a blend of technology and finance, he executes the company’s vision. He is also associated with various Governments to Citizen initiatives.
